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Interest has already been building in Hyderabad ahead of the ICC Cricket World Cup<\/p>\n

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Pakistan and New Zealand will have to play their first ICC Cricket World Cup warm-up match on September 29 in Hyderabad behind closed doors.<\/p>\n

The warm-up matches take place between 29 September and October 3 in three different cities in India, Guwahati, Thiruvananthapuram and Hyderabad.<\/p>\n

The Cricket World Cup gets underway on 5 October when England take on New Zealand at the 134,000-seater stadium in Ahmedabad.<\/p>\n

During the main competition the sides will all play each other once in a round-robin group format, but before that each of the 10 nations competing will play two warm-up matches.<\/p>\n

All teams will play twice, and it should offer an opportunity for spectators to go and watch their sides, with only Hyderabad also hosting matches during the main tournament.<\/p>\n

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The Indian Express first reported that there will be no fans allowed into both sides\u2019 first warm-up match.<\/p>\n

While behind-closed-doors matches are not unheard of and were held across the world during the recent Covid-19 pandemic, they have also been held for other reasons, such as to prevent crowd trouble or security concerns.<\/p>\n

Local police reportedly told the Hyderabad Cricket Association that it would be difficult to meet the security demands of the ICC concerning World Cup matches but extending to the pre-tournament games as well \u2013 largely due to two major religious festivals taking place around the same date.<\/p>\n

Those with tickets for the game will reportedly have their money refunded.<\/p>\n

Pakistan have already been subject to match rescheduling, with the highly anticipated game against India moved a day forward, from 15 October to the 14th<\/sup> to avoid clashing with a festival.<\/p>\n

Pakistan\u2019s first game of the tournament was unchanged, however, and they will play against the Netherlands in Hyderabad on 6 October.<\/p>\n

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The tournament scheduling has already drawn criticism from a number of fans including ticketing grievances, largely centred around the late date for venues and fixtures.<\/p>\n

The schedule was only announced on June 27, just over three months before the start of the Cricket World Cup. <\/p>\n

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